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the central government in baghdad needs to be sensitive to local concerns. and make sure they're working on the real-life problems of the sunnis who live in places like anbar and north and west of baghdad, which is, of course, a critical region. and he needs to -- he needs to make the decision that he's going to be a national leader. and is he's going to work with the kurdish and sunni communities. this is -- most of the violence can be attributed to the new al qaeda threat. but there is a way to fight it, and i think the way to fight it is to look back at what happened successfully when iraq and the united states work so closely together in -- from baghdad to put down the sunni rebellion of 2007 and 2008. there is that historical precedent at work. >> yeah. and i guess the problem is whether or not the united states really has the kind of influence in determining what nouri al maliki does, if he's an effective leader or not. ambassador burns, thank you very much. nick, as always. and my colleague and friend, michael holmes, please be safe. >>> we have learn
the central government in baghdad needs to be sensitive to local concerns. and make sure they're working on the real-life problems of the sunnis who live in places like anbar and north and west of baghdad, which is, of course, a critical region. and he needs to -- he needs to make the decision that he's going to be a national leader. and is he's going to work with the kurdish and sunni communities. this is -- most of the violence can be attributed to the new al qaeda threat. but there is a way...
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so the sunnis have little reason to believe that the government in baghdad is something that they want to support. my sense from what i've read in the last few days is that this has served as a wake-up call for maliki and he is beginning to reach out to the sunnis and see if he can't restore their role in the government and get them back on side in terms of the government. the other problem that you alluded to is that over which he really doesn't have much control is the spillover from the syrian civil war. and that has clearly increased the level of violence in iraq. so far we don't see the shia extremist groups that we had to deal with in 2007 and 2008 coming out of their quiessence and getting involved in the violence. but if al qaeda's violent attacks on shias and others in the country continues, we may see that. so there are these two very serious problems about iraq that are going on in iraq. my hope is that maliki will, as a result of these -- of all this violence, begin to do what he did when he went down to basra and took on the shia extremists. he'll reach out to the sunnis a
so the sunnis have little reason to believe that the government in baghdad is something that they want to support. my sense from what i've read in the last few days is that this has served as a wake-up call for maliki and he is beginning to reach out to the sunnis and see if he can't restore their role in the government and get them back on side in terms of the government. the other problem that you alluded to is that over which he really doesn't have much control is the spillover from the...
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wh once they reach the point of no return. >> our michael holmes joining us from baghdad. good to see you as always. a couple questions i have for you. first of all, why did allawi want to talk to you? why did he agree that he would come forward and speak with you now, and does he think anything different should happen when it comes to the u.s. role and what it should play in that country? >> reporter: yeah, well, i guess he spoke to us because he's a politician. so he's -- you know, he's an opposition politician. he actually technically won the 2010 election by two seats. but because of a lot of political maneuvering and what have you with nouri al maliki, who retained power. he is a shia. he is a very, very much a secular man. he doesn't like all this sectarian stuff. he's highly critical of nouri al maliki, calls him an authoritarian, one-man band who is sort of consolidating power around himself. when it comes to the u.s., we talked about that a lot. and it's not the first conversation we've had. when the u.s. first got here, there was a lot of criticism that they got
wh once they reach the point of no return. >> our michael holmes joining us from baghdad. good to see you as always. a couple questions i have for you. first of all, why did allawi want to talk to you? why did he agree that he would come forward and speak with you now, and does he think anything different should happen when it comes to the u.s. role and what it should play in that country? >> reporter: yeah, well, i guess he spoke to us because he's a politician. so he's -- you...
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it sounds -- there is our team there, good team we had there in baghdad. you know -- yeah, it sounds mellow dramatic when you're sitting here in the comfort of the united states, and say something like when you go to work in the morning, fathers and mothers, if they go out of the house, they will say goodbye to their family, literally not knowing if they'll get home that night. that sounds like an exage -- it's not. this is happening all of the time, every day. bombs going off. and the thing is, because of the security presence, government buildings and sort of the traditional targets, people don't get to bomb those. so what do they do, they go to marketplaces. this is the family you were talking about, lost their son to a bombing in the marketplace in the watermelon store in 2007, and last year two other sons killed in another bombing. completely innocent bystanders. and if there is one thing i like to do when i go there, you talk the politics and you talk the sectarian division, and you talk the role of the government there, which has been vital in makin
it sounds -- there is our team there, good team we had there in baghdad. you know -- yeah, it sounds mellow dramatic when you're sitting here in the comfort of the united states, and say something like when you go to work in the morning, fathers and mothers, if they go out of the house, they will say goodbye to their family, literally not knowing if they'll get home that night. that sounds like an exage -- it's not. this is happening all of the time, every day. bombs going off. and the thing...
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he didn't hesitate. >> no one knew whether the boys in baghdad would survive that night. a billion people watched around the world and cnn, as we know it, was born. >> what a day. i remember it very, very vividly. congratulations to bernie shaw from all of us here at cnn. when i joined 24 years ago, he was a huge, huge help to me. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in washington. "crossfire" starts right now. >>> tonight on "crossfire," the battle lines for 2016 and front-runners already facing problems. from scandal and recovering from a superstorm -- >> and nothing will distract me from getting that job done. nothing. >> to benghazi. >> she couldn't be on tv to talk about what happened in the state department because she was distraught? >> on the left, stephanie cutter, on the right, newt gingrich. in "the crossfire" -- paul begala, a democratic strategist and tom delay, the former house majority leader. the upcoming fights to control congress and the white house tonight on "crossfire." >>> welcome to "crossfire." i'm stephanie cutter on the left. >> i'm ne
he didn't hesitate. >> no one knew whether the boys in baghdad would survive that night. a billion people watched around the world and cnn, as we know it, was born. >> what a day. i remember it very, very vividly. congratulations to bernie shaw from all of us here at cnn. when i joined 24 years ago, he was a huge, huge help to me. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in washington. "crossfire" starts right now. >>> tonight on "crossfire," the...
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michael holmes, thanks for being in baghdad for us. appreciate it. >>> there are growing concerns today that the west is getting drier, and that could mean a really bad fire season. new figures from government scientists show drought conditions in california and elsewhere in the far west intensified dramatically last year. california, for example, received the lowest amount of precipitation in more than 100 years. scientists are warning there may be water shortages in the coming months. and again, huge fire risk. >> indra petersons has been warning us. >> she has. >> that things could get bad in california over the next few days. let's go to indra for a look at the forecast today. >> good morning. yeah, that's usually the biggest concern. it's january and february, the one time in california really not talking about drought conditions, because it's when you typically get the rain. that is the opposite of what they've been seeing in what should be their rainy season. high pressure still dominating, bringing in the typical santa ana wind
michael holmes, thanks for being in baghdad for us. appreciate it. >>> there are growing concerns today that the west is getting drier, and that could mean a really bad fire season. new figures from government scientists show drought conditions in california and elsewhere in the far west intensified dramatically last year. california, for example, received the lowest amount of precipitation in more than 100 years. scientists are warning there may be water shortages in the coming...
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in baghdad alone. also just north of here there was an ied, a hidden bomb that went off in a funeral tent. in total nearly 30 people have been killed. around 100 have been wounded. the killing, little sidebar to that, security forces said they did stop another four suicide car bombs before they were he did to natd. things looking pretty grim not just here in the capital but out west in the anbar province, fallujah, ramadi some activity there. it's not open sectarian as opposed to these daily attacks but many people are worried it's heading that way. >> michael holmes reporting live from baghdad this morning. it's day seven without running water for thousands in west virginia. still slowly residents around charleston are being told they can start flushing the contaminated water out of their homes. the blue areas is where the water is safe. it's about half of those affected. those who live in the red parts some 180,000 people still cannot use their water. this contamination mess is reaching all the way t
in baghdad alone. also just north of here there was an ied, a hidden bomb that went off in a funeral tent. in total nearly 30 people have been killed. around 100 have been wounded. the killing, little sidebar to that, security forces said they did stop another four suicide car bombs before they were he did to natd. things looking pretty grim not just here in the capital but out west in the anbar province, fallujah, ramadi some activity there. it's not open sectarian as opposed to these daily...
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cnn's michael holmes is joining us now from baghdad. another brutal, awful day, dozens of people killed, many more injured. michael, what are you seeing on the ground there in the iraqi capital? >> well, since we got here, wolf, it's been apparent that since even my last visit here a couple years ago when the american troops pulled out, there was a lot more visible iraqi security around the place. a lot of checkpoints, a lot of just activity in general. but clearly, as we've seen today an extraordinary day, nine explosions here in the capital, seven of them car bombs, two of them ieds. we've seen a death toll over 60 today, a hundred wounded. clearly all of that security is not stopping the bombs getting in and being placed, although security officials did say today they did stop four bombs before detonation. but obviously the insecurity is trumping the security. >> there's a sense, at least some analysts saying al qaeda is responsible, although the tensions between the shiite-led government of the prime minister nuri al maliki and the
cnn's michael holmes is joining us now from baghdad. another brutal, awful day, dozens of people killed, many more injured. michael, what are you seeing on the ground there in the iraqi capital? >> well, since we got here, wolf, it's been apparent that since even my last visit here a couple years ago when the american troops pulled out, there was a lot more visible iraqi security around the place. a lot of checkpoints, a lot of just activity in general. but clearly, as we've seen today an...